On 10/1/07, Matthew Miller <mattdm@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Windows file system on it, and you usually will be, then the mtools > > package has what's needed to twiddle that. You need to play with the > > mtools configuration file to give your device a drive letter, just for > > this task, so that you can rename the drive. > > But it's usually easier to plug the device into a Windows box and > > "rename" the drive. i.e. Plug it into Windows, right-click its icon, > > rename it. Then, Linux will use that drive name as the label. > > Or just reformat the drive with > > mkfs -t vfat -n yourlabel /dev/whatever > > (and whatever other options). Thanks to both. Now my pen drive has the label 'MYPEN', and there is the following line in /etc/fstab: /dev/MYPEN /media/disco vfat noauto,user 0 0 but the pen drive is mounted on /media/MYPEN and not on /media/disco. Any ideas? Paul
